Windows7 Use Task Scheduler to set the automatic shutdown step

We click on the Start button in the Win7 system, select Open All Programs-attachment-system tools, and find "Task Scheduler" to open the Win7 system's Task Scheduler Setup Panel. You can also click the Win7 Start button to enter Task Scheduler in the Multifunction search box and open it directly from the search results.

　

Diagram: Open the Task Scheduler for the Win7 system

In the Task Scheduler Setup Panel of the Win7 system, we click on the menu "action-Create basic tasks."

Diagram: Create a basic task

Enter the name and description of the new task and click the Next button.

Diagram: Name and add a description for a new task

In the Triggers option, select the frequency of the shutdown task you want to perform, such as Daily, weekly, monthly, or single, and so on, and continue to the next step.

Diagram: Set task trigger Time

Continue setting the trigger time detail options. Continue to click Next.

Diagram: Set task trigger time details

In the operations option, the WIN7 system allows us to choose between starting a program, sending an email, displaying a message, because we need to use the shutdown command shutdown, so we choose "Start Program" here. Continue to click Next.

Icon: Select Start Program

Now enter the Start program details, in the "program or script" column fill in the shutdown, in the "Parameters" column can choose to fill in. Here we fill out "-s-t 30" to tell the Win7 system that we need to provide a 30-second countdown to the Win7 system when the shutdown program is started.

Diagram: Setting shutdown commands and parameters

After clicking on the next step, we can see that the WIN7 task plan will give details of the current setup task, confirm the error and click the "Confirm" button to complete the Win7 scheduled shutdown task planning settings.

Diagram: Check setup details, confirm the completion of the Task Plan setup

Now, we can see the "Timed shutdown" task that we just set in the Task Scheduler Setup Panel of the Win7 system, listing the details of the task by type. Right-click the task, you can from the right to a single hit the task flexible operation, such as run, end, disable, export, properties, delete, etc., very convenient.

Diagram: Flexible setup Win7 Task schedule

Understanding the above methods, we can flexibly set up Win7 task plan, so that the Win7 system according to our needs to implement the timing of automatic shutdown. If you only need to perform it once, we can also use the shortcut "Win+r" to open the Run window and execute the shutdown command shutdown directly in the command window. Below we list the specific parameter meaning of the shutdown command, convenient for everybody to use.

Shutdown-a Cancel shutdown

Shutdown-s shutdown

Shutdown-f forcibly shuts down the application.

The SHUTDOWN-M computer name controls the remote computer.

Shutdown-i Displays the graphical user interface, but must be the first parameter of the shutdown.

Shutdown-l Log off the current user.

Shutdown-r reboot

Shutdown-t time to set the shutdown countdown, the time unit is seconds.

SHUTDOWN-C the message content input in the Shutdown dialog box (not exceeding 127 characters).

Shutdown-h hibernation

Usage: At shutdown time shutdown parameter

Example: "At 12:30 shutdown-s-T 20", the computer will be prompted to shut down at 12:30 and countdown for 20 seconds.

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